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Vote heralds death of American dream

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I am very disappointed in my fellow Ohioans and Americans. My heart is heavy at being faced with four more years of an Obama presidency. But the hurt is much deeper than that: 50 percent of the country voted to go the direction of Greece and Spain.

They voted not for the traditional American dream, one built on the ability and freedom to achieve success, build prosperity and pursue happiness. Rather, they voted for a dream of mediocrity and ever-lower standards.

Everyone considers himself to be part of “the middle class” but in Barack Obama's America, the bar to be in this class must be set ever lower. America is now a country in decline. I have not been willing to admit it in the past, but I now believe it to be true.

We are being driven there — even accelerated in that direction — by millions of voters who are naive, entitlement-hungry and jealous of others’ success. With enough of the electorate thinking this way, reversing course may not be possible. In which case, many will be looking for the next land of opportunity, which sadly, may never again be the US of A.